But are you not found of me?" Paris looked up, his eyes full of reproach." Fond of you? Marina you are my queen. I want you more than I want life itself.

— Anne Fortier

But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible reply. "He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you?...principles?" I looked down at my flip-flops. "I guess I'm toast.

— Anne Fortier

Courage has no age.

— Anne Fortier

Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that contributes to shape our perception of an age: architecture, art, literature and so forth.

— Anne Fortier

Fear not! I would rather tear the heart from your bosom than take your bow, for I believe you would miss it less.

— Anne Fortier

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.

— Anne Fortier

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow. Well, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the wise spurn one to remain safe from the other, but I should rather choose to have my eyes burnt in their sockets than to have been born without.

— Anne Fortier

He did not speak; merely looked at her with an expression she had seen traces of before but never fully understood until that moment. It was more apology than accusation---a dark stare of acknowledgment that told her he had long since seen his own fate in her actions, and had long since ceased to hold her responsible.

— Anne Fortier

It is madness. But sometimes, madness is the only path forward.

— Anne Fortier

It may upset my secret sisters that I say this, but between you and me, if you're so fortunate as to have captured the perfect male, peeling off that chain-mail bikini and becoming a part-time Amazon is not so bad after all.-Author's Note, Anne Forties

— Anne Fortier